A review of @physrevlett.bsky.social, Physical Review C, and Review D earned the top score in the 2026 SCOAP3 assessment of #OpenScience practices for a second consecutive year, showing our commitment to #OpenScience.
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Women in Nuclear Tunisia, a professional networking organization, develops programs to promote women leaders in STEM, especially in#NuclearScience. Read more about their work in the African Physics Newsletter: https://go.aps.org/3yPsg2z
In June 1980, Vera Rubin and Kent Ford showed stars in 21 spiral galaxies weren’t slowing down as expected — key evidence for #DarkMatter. Today, the @vrubinobs.bsky.social continues that work, mapping the universe’s hidden structure: https://go.aps.org/3CUASai
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The #WorldCup is underway, but soccer is more than goals and glory — it’s a complex network.
#APSNews interviewed two researchers who used statistical physics and network science to uncover hidden patterns in “the beautiful game”: https://go.aps.org/3QbAtH9
Congratulations to our members — Eva Andrei, Pablo Jarillo-Herrero, and Alan MacDonald — who are now #KavliPrize laureates. 🎉
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How does a ‘genius without a brain’ make decisions? By trapping #SlimeMold inside polygons made of harmful blue light, a PRX Life study found that these organisms explore nearly the entire boundary before settling on the best escape route.
Read the study: https://go.aps.org/4uXE9LZ
Researchers have theoretically constructed the phase diagram of a specific type of frustrated magnet and identified other similar materials that could harbor unique properties.
Read more in APS Open Science: https://go.aps.org/4o4dSJ9
Could #GravitationalWaves provide an early warning for stellar collisions?
Research in Physical Review D suggests merging white dwarfs emit distinctive signals for years before impact, offering future detectors a way to alert astronomers before collisions happen: https://go.aps.org/4fwu9Vb
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What happens to Dirac magnons — wave-like excitations with special topological properties in ultrathin magnets — near the Curie temperature? New work in Physical Review X reveals that key topological gaps remain stable, paving the way for future magnon-based technologies.
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We're thrilled to announce the 2026 #KavliPrize Laureates, scientists pushing boundaries of what humanity knows in #astrophysics #nanoscience #neuroscience. They have revealed new chapters in the story of our universe, the smallest materials, and how the brain works. 1/2
